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unknownseas2021-02-20 08:28 pm
ltcommandroid) wrote in unknownseas2021-02-20 08:28 pm
it is a funeral.
[Well. That was certainly something.
Emotions are clearly high, so for once, Data steps out of his helper role and takes on the brunt of organizing the after-trial gathering. He's seen enough of them by now to know what's what. He's also seen more than enough in this particular trial to decide that the bar, while possibly being the most logical location, may be distressing to some! So instead, we're gonna do something different. Data will deliver invitations, that sort of look like a computer printed them, to each of the rooms:]
Please come to the ice cream parlor if you would like company at this time.
- Data
[Everybody likes ice cream!
There are no decorations, but there are some snack selections from the buffet and the cafe, depending on what you want, and a tray or two of mixed drinks courtesy of Jimmy Buffett. Data and Parker are both here. If you're sad, you may pet Parker (probably). If you're too depressed to make your own fancy sundae, Data will do it for you (definitely).]
Emotions are clearly high, so for once, Data steps out of his helper role and takes on the brunt of organizing the after-trial gathering. He's seen enough of them by now to know what's what. He's also seen more than enough in this particular trial to decide that the bar, while possibly being the most logical location, may be distressing to some! So instead, we're gonna do something different. Data will deliver invitations, that sort of look like a computer printed them, to each of the rooms:]
Please come to the ice cream parlor if you would like company at this time.
- Data
[Everybody likes ice cream!
There are no decorations, but there are some snack selections from the buffet and the cafe, depending on what you want, and a tray or two of mixed drinks courtesy of Jimmy Buffett. Data and Parker are both here. If you're sad, you may pet Parker (probably). If you're too depressed to make your own fancy sundae, Data will do it for you (definitely).]
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[Her parents were very much in love and she just! Wants! A love like that!]
...Before she said anything, I...it did feel almost as if she was finally showing something akin to kindness towards him. [Alice? Being kind? Possible, but not probable.] In truth, I really did want to not think ill of her, but...she made it incredibly difficult at every turn.
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[THANKS DATA]
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...It would not be my place to say if she did. Clearly I did not know her well.
[But very few people know Flayn well, either. Or each other. There will always be a little something each of them keeps back.]
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[Takes another bite of ice cream.]
...You know. The first time I spoke to Decus, he asked if I might have ideas for a date, and said that he was here with the love of his life. And...I was so thrilled for him. Maybe a touch jealous - I have always wanted to fall in love someday. But mostly, I was excited that someone in this strange circumstance had someone they cared for with all their heart with them. [She scoffs a little at herself.] Silly of me, really. I ought not to have gotten invested.
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Perhaps it is better that they were not. A traditional couple would have great difficulty in this place.
[Not that Alice and Decus didn't have a bad time, but. Well. Probably would've been worse on a pair of normal fucking people.]
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The terrible thing is that I do not think I could apologize to Alice, should the chance have come up. In my heart, I...I just could not.
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[And then they'd just get into a fight and the cycle would repeat itself.]